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The pair have known one another for many years (Picture: NBC / BACKGRID)

Mel B is coming back to our TV screens, sharpish.

The former Spice Girl has signed a deal to be a judge on the brand new, one-off America’s Got Talent: The Champions Show.

Mel, 43, entered into the lucrative deal off the back of a bitter – and expensive – divorce with ex-husband Stephen Belafonte.

Though currently a judge on America’s Got Talent after joining in 2013, she had reportedly harboured concerns that she would not be asked back on once the show concludes in September, which would put a spanner in the works for her financial situation.

According to legal documents seen by The Blast, it was reported that the IRS has started garnishing her salary. In the documents she said: ‘I do not have the financial capabilities at this point to pay for these community property debts.

‘My current state of financial affairs is of utmost concern due to the fact that Stephen and I have immense tax debts and have been unable to repay those debts.’

Mel B’s reps have been contacted for comment.

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